A verbal tic I really dislike is ‘lol’ at the end of random thoughts. Like “the gop tax plan sucks lol”
Comes across as a fear of being taken seriously. It’s like you want to banter, but can’t think up witty thoughts on light topics. So you banter witlessly about serious topics
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I use it often as a direct mockery of that type of person, because I’m sophisticated lol
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So... "lol" is not a panicked-guy-with-hands-in-the-air emoticon?
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If it hasn't crossed your radar, gets at this in a slightly different way in "Totally like whatever, you know". youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV taylormali.com/poems/totally-
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"Haha" is even worse. The written equivalent of backing up while you talk.
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